Blender 2.77a: Use proper char for the release

Referenced by issue #57143, Can't bake to external textures (Python)
Referenced by issue #53939, Bug in User Ortho mode: mesh flipped or corrupted
Referenced by issue #51388, Mask moves when zoom is changed in the movie clip editor
Referenced by issue #50986, Changing settings in Add Object Settings Pane reverts latest text edits
Referenced by issue #50911, Broken user interface in render result window when image size matches screen resolution
Referenced by issue #50850, Blender crash with cycles rendered viewport shading when changing settings of material with external jpg texture
Referenced by issue #50755, Blender shuts down in Texture Paint Mode
Referenced by issue #50421, Blender crashes while Duplicating
Referenced by issue #50391, Blender Cycles
Referenced by issue #50210, Blender 2.78A crashes opening files created in previous versions
Referenced by issue #50076, Blender Cycles crashes
Referenced by issue #50064, When Bevel modifier is applied to specific mesh Blender crashes
Referenced by issue #49962, Switch to Camera Perspective Misaligned
Referenced by issue #49935, Mesh deform modifier binding took forever
Referenced by issue #49924, Grease Pencil (GP) not working on Video Sequencer Editor (VSE)
Referenced by issue #49828, calling bpy.ops.wm.open_mainfile from class which is invoked from pop-up button results in crash.
Referenced by issue #49802, Transform constraint uses GLOBAL instead of LOCAL
Referenced by issue #49758, 3D Viewport Lag with NVIDIA 373.06 Driver (and Earlier)
Referenced by issue #49620, Grey scene when rendering with OpenCL
Referenced by issue #49607, Missing passes in .exr when imported
Referenced by issue #49576, Cycles hangs with normal map node
Referenced by issue #49468, Crash when trying to make a mask
Referenced by issue #49449, Neither world nor local position is displayed on panel
Referenced by issue #49458, FBX and Alembic export does not support instances anymore
Referenced by issue #49429, Using render border with real-time viewport Blender Internal rendering and DrawPixels Images Draw Method results in the wrong area being rendered
Referenced by issue #49390, Blender extremely laggy
Referenced by issue #49387, Blender 2.77 & up, GLSL Viewport rendering not working correctly, material glitches & artifacts
Referenced by issue #49329, BGE standalone player crash when loading another file more than 32 times
Referenced by issue #49322, Export UV Layout not working
Referenced by issue #49304, Incorrect Custom Float Property Value Readout
Referenced by issue #49307, Bone head/tail radius not synchronized across children
Referenced by issue #49288, Ease drivers don't migrate to new Bendy Bones (datapath change, backwards-compatibility broken)
Referenced by issue #49239, Huion Graphics Tablet
Referenced by issue #49190, Model scaling distorts hair that uses kink
Referenced by issue #49177, FBX export parameters aren't saved with the .blend file
Referenced by issue #49183, Bevel segments bug
Referenced by issue #49186, Volume Shaded object partially cancels out faces of other objects that touch its own faces
Referenced by issue #49173, Shape of vertex-only bevels is distorted: edges should be curved but are straight
Referenced by issue #49146, Right-clicking makes Blender 2.77 crash!
Referenced by issue #49132, Blender 2.77a hangs when a lot of vertices are selected in "Separate By Loose Parts"
Referenced by issue #49118, Blender 3D view - Solid (Blender Render) material diffuse and/specular not updating until tabbing into edit mode.
Referenced by issue #49109, Frame selection in timeline and VSE does not respect left click preference
Referenced by issue #49085, screen UI redraw bad characters
Referenced by issue #49095, Custom Normals from DataTransfer Modifier are not applied
Referenced by issue #49078, When rendering fire in cycles, odd duplicates appear when the camera is located inside the domain
Referenced by issue #49082, Crash when connecting nodes with to node group input or output
Referenced by issue #49059, CUDA error: Launch failed in cuCtxSynchronize()
Referenced by issue #49064, Crash on Graphics Driver issue, macOS with Intel HD Graphics 515 GPU
Referenced by issue #49019, Hair particle system and OpenCL issue on AMD 7870 (possible driver related)
Referenced by issue #49005, Boolean operations, parenting, interface and documentation issues.
Referenced by issue #49007, Image Empties Crashing Blender
Referenced by issue #49001, Blender crashes sometimes
Referenced by issue #48975, Custom Properties within PropertyGroups cannot be animated when attached to a PoseBone
Referenced by issue #48971, Append creates linked image textures if object has shape keys
Referenced by issue #48944, Copy Rotation bone constraint on non-positively scaled armature
Referenced by issue #48946, Blender+Tahiti+DRI3+Unity+Linux GUI corruption/not rendering
Referenced by issue #48948, Cycles: Normalmap does not bake with Alpha
Referenced by issue #48953, In dual monitor, Mesh disappears when Opensubdiv's on
Referenced by issue #48924, Pen pressure not working (random behavior)
Referenced by issue #48912, Simple video load cut video strip in 6725 frames
Referenced by issue #48913, Viewport gets stuck when two group instances are emitted from one face using dupli-verts
Referenced by issue #48916, Proxy Custom File is broken
Referenced by issue #48865, Bone custom shaping allows for semi-orphaning
Referenced by issue #48860, Christensen-Burley SSS glitch with Spatial Splits.
Referenced by issue #48831, Icon Preview generation for textures and images
Referenced by issue #48818, Objects with alpha maps cast wrong ray shadows in BI
Referenced by issue #48821, Fly-through mode when in camera view moves 3D objects parented to the same object
Referenced by issue #48824, Cycles: Crash with glass+volume(?)
Referenced by issue #48797, Dynamic Paint Sub-Steps not working when Canvas is moving
Referenced by issue #48799, Particles set as objects cast wrong ray shadows in BI
Referenced by issue #48784, Blender crash on shift + RMB
Referenced by issue #48792, Armature / Mesh game physics issue
Referenced by issue #48750, Blender crashes when I unplug my genius tablet
Referenced by issue #48753, The Text in the VSE must be restart for the international fonts
Referenced by issue #48748, BI Material Diffuse color isn't showing in Texture Shading mode
Referenced by issue #48701, Blender 2.77a abf6f08 Cycles OpenCL horizontal noise
Referenced by issue #48679, Location/Rotation/Scale
Referenced by issue #48681, Spacemouse pro wireless swap ctrl and alt modifiers via 3dxWare does not work within blender
Referenced by issue #48683, Knife create a hole in the face cutted.
Referenced by issue #48685, RGB Curves node having an effect on components that they shouldn't.
Referenced by issue #48668, Bevel fails in this case
Referenced by issue #48670, Undo in the 3D view also performs an undo in the text editor.
Referenced by issue #48674, Cut and paste strokes (CTRL-X / CTRL-V) in Grease pencil malfunctions
Referenced by issue #48660, Render animation renders only one frame using render file node and if output path doesn't exists
Referenced by issue #48663, The Soft Light blend type layer make the color darker in the 3D view
Referenced by issue #48655, Issues selecting vertices in 3DsMax interface mode
Referenced by issue #48637, Viewport Ambient Occlusion Inverted
Referenced by issue #48646, GPU rendering (CUDA) sometimes doesn't load images from image sequence textures.
Referenced by issue #48616, Transform operations, on consecutive edge loops, alter selection when auto merged
Referenced by issue #48617, use backdrop option is missing in some VSE modes
Referenced by issue #48625, Blender cannot interpret Right Click for Wacom Tablet
Referenced by issue #48605, blender crash coredump after start, simply right clic on the cube
Referenced by issue #48577, Lib: Object Lost from scene: 'Scene'
Referenced by issue #48578, Incorrect animation when key framing object Dimensions
Referenced by issue #48580, Can't edit the settings for "branched path tracing"
Referenced by issue #48570, Boolean Union modifier with 3 aligned face problem
Referenced by issue #48556, Bitmap transparency issue with GPU supported rendering mode
Referenced by issue #48542, OSL crash on 32bit
Referenced by issue #48546, Blender OOM at startup
Referenced by issue #48547, Shrinkwrap not taking auxiliary target into account properly
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source/blender/blenkernel/BKE_blender.h

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /* used by packaging tools */
 /* can be left blank, otherwise a,b,c... etc with no quotes */
-#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR   
+#define BLENDER_VERSION_CHAR   a
 /* alpha/beta/rc/release, docs use this */
 #define BLENDER_VERSION_CYCLE   release